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Back in September, “We are all Hércules!” was Matamoros Mayor Leticia Salazar’s rallying cry when she introduced the city's new tactical operations squad, Grupo Hércules, made up of ex-security forces personnel.
But since the murder of three Americans and a Mexican October 12 no one, it seems, is Hércules or has responsibility for it.
The murder victims had gone missing two weeks before after having been accosted and taken away by armed men at a restaurant in the nearby town of El Control. Witnesses have stated that the men identified themselves as members of Grupo Hércules. When the bodies turned up, each one had a bullet wound in the head.
The mother of the three Americans, Raquel Alvarado of nearby Progreso, Texas, has accused the mayor of responsibility for the deaths of her children. But the mayor herself has now distanced herself from the police unit, and disavowed responsibility for it.
State officials have said that nine Hércules officers are under investigation, but last week the federal justice department took over the case.
However, it appears the more productive investigative work has been done by Alvarado’s ex-husband, Pedro Alvarado, who lives in El Control. He interviewed witnesses to the kidnapping of his children, Erica, 26, Alex, 22, and José Angel, 21, and Erica’s boyfriend, Mexican citizen José Guadalupe Castañeda Benitez, 32.
He learned that men in military-style uniforms had beaten their victims, put hoods over their heads and taken them away in armored trucks bearing the coat of arms of the Matamoros city government. The officers identified themselves as part of Grupo Hércules and warned witnesses against speaking about what they had seen.
Pedro Alvarado continued searching for his children for the next 16 days, during which time he and his son Pedro Jr. discovered the victims’ missing vehicles, a Jeep Cherokee and Chevrolet Tahoe, at a car dealership. The plates had been removed but some of the owners’ belongings remained inside.
After a heated argument with the lot’s manager, the latter relented and the cars were moved to the street, but not until he had made a phone call. Members of Grupo Hércules soon showed up, leading the Alvarados to believe they had been the recipients of the call.
The officials behaved in a threatening manner, according to Pedro Sr., and ordered them to have the vehicles removed. Two pickup trucks full of officers escorted the Alvarados to Pedro Sr.’s house.
It turns out that the lot on which the vehicles were located belongs to Luis Biasi, the city’s Secretary of Social Development and Well-Being, who also has a close relationship with Mayor Salazar.
He learned that men in military-style uniforms had beaten their victims, put hoods over their heads and taken them away in armored trucks bearing the coat of arms of the Matamoros city government. The officers identified themselves as part of Grupo Hércules and warned witnesses against speaking about what they had seen.
Pedro Alvarado continued searching for his children for the next 16 days, during which time he and his son Pedro Jr. discovered the victims’ missing vehicles, a Jeep Cherokee and Chevrolet Tahoe, at a car dealership. The plates had been removed but some of the owners’ belongings remained inside.
After a heated argument with the lot’s manager, the latter relented and the cars were moved to the street, but not until he had made a phone call. Members of Grupo Hércules soon showed up, leading the Alvarados to believe they had been the recipients of the call.
The officials behaved in a threatening manner, according to Pedro Sr., and ordered them to have the vehicles removed. Two pickup trucks full of officers escorted the Alvarados to Pedro Sr.’s house.
It turns out that the lot on which the vehicles were located belongs to Luis Biasi, the city’s Secretary of Social Development and Well-Being, who also has a close relationship with Mayor Salazar.
3 comments:
Asesina
I HAVE SAID ALL ALONG THAT SHE IS LIKE THE MURDERING BITCH 'LA REYNA DEL SUR'...NOW SHE IS TRYING TO DISTANCES HERSELF FROM THAT MURDERING GROUP OF FELONES...YA RIGHT.
Killers at large police dept.
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